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黄仁勋被认为是中国间谍行动的目标 (NYT Chinese edition of the Oct. 29 NYT report)
Full text retrieved (Chinese translation of the English NYT report published Oct. 29 ET; the English original at nytimes.com was not retrieved — paywall).
What it says (summary of the article's own statements):
- Based on interviews with people with knowledge of surveillance who requested anonymity because findings come from classified intelligence, plus other officials, executives and analysts.
- US officials concluded that Alice Huang (Huang Le), a Megaspeed executive previously investigated over suspected diversion of Nvidia chips to China, is a Chinese intelligence asset passing information to Beijing; surveillance found she had close contact with Jensen Huang.
- Trump was briefed on this roughly a year earlier and chose not to act.
- Jensen Huang had not received a "defensive briefing."
- Electronic surveillance of Alice Huang showed contact with a US citizen; the unmasking process identified that citizen as Jensen Huang.
- When Trump was briefed, officials did not believe Jensen Huang knew; some senior officials now think it unlikely he remained unaware.
- It is unclear which agencies surveilled her, what triggered it, what she passed, or its value.
- Nvidia spokesperson John Rizzo statements (see C-0004, C-0005).
- Chinese Embassy spokesperson Liu Chang called it a campaign of groundless smears and slander.
- Megaspeed said it hired outside counsel for an internal investigation and pledged cooperation with the US government. Alice Huang did not respond.
- ImportGenius customs records: Megaspeed's Malaysian affiliates bought at least $4.8B of advanced AI equipment containing Nvidia chips/technology between June 2024 and Feb 2026.
- A June 2024 LinkedIn photo (posted by NetThunder) shows Jensen Huang and Alice Huang at a Taipei bar; in May 2025 she was seen waiting behind him outside a Taipei restaurant as he spoke to reporters.
- Commerce's Megaspeed case was referred to the Justice Department this year; Singapore questioned Alice Huang in 2025 and released her.
- Nvidia donated at least $20M to Trump's ballroom fund (per a person with knowledge).
Referenced by (15)
- fact F-0002 Photos show Jensen Huang and Alice Huang together at a Taipei gathering (June 2024)
- fact F-0004 Alice Huang seen behind Jensen Huang outside a Taipei restaurant as he spoke to reporters
- fact F-0012 NYT reports US officials concluded Alice Huang is a Chinese intelligence asset close to Jensen Huang
- fact F-0041 Megaspeed’s Malaysian affiliates bought ≥$4.8B of AI equipment containing Nvidia technology (Jun 2024–Feb 2026)
- claim C-0001 US officials concluded Alice Huang is a Chinese intelligence asset; surveillance unmasked Jensen Huang as her US contact
- claim C-0002 Trump was briefed about a year earlier and chose not to act
- claim C-0003 Some senior officials doubt Huang could have remained unaware of the conclusion
- claim C-0004 Nvidia: "Jensen's interactions with Ms. Huang are not unusual or unexpected"
- claim C-0007 Chinese Embassy: accusations are "groundless smears and slanders"
- claim C-0022 Megaspeed: takes export-control compliance "extremely seriously"; will cooperate with US authorities
- claim C-0028 Seed: NYT’s Ana Swanson "broke the spy story"
- claim C-0038 Seed: when the spy story faltered, "the same New York Times... with a whole new set of reporters" turned it into an affair story
- theory T-0001 Chinese intelligence operation (the published mainstream account)
- theory T-0002 Administration inaction / policy capture
- theory T-0007 US pretext for technology containment (PRC government position)